Time Machine for Linux Alternatives

Time Machine for Linux is described as 'Use Time Machine to automatically back up your personal data, including apps, music, photos and documents. Having a backup allows you to recover files that you later delete or can't access' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Time Machine for Linux for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and OpenBSD apps. The best Time Machine for Linux alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Time Machine for Linux are TimeShift, Macrium Reflect, Restic and Time Machine.

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  1. Drive SnapShot icon
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    A fast and inexpensive imaging tool. Very simple yet powerful, following the KISS methodology. Can be run as a portable app, thereby opening up a lot of possibilities. For instance, I use it to remotely back up all the computers on our network via command line and PSEXE.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. ChronoSync icon
     37 likes

    ChronoSync can synchronize, backup, and create bootable backups to almost anything you can connect to your Mac: select cloud services, other Macs, NAS drives, external drives, PC's or anything you can mount as a volume.

    66 ChronoSync alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  3.  Crow Backup icon
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    Crow Backup is a software that allows for the creation of backups on friends’ computers in a simple and secure manner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Rsnapshot icon
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    rsnapshot is a rsync based backup utillity, providing filesystem snapshot functionality. It can take incremental snapshots of local and remote filesystems for any number of machines.

    42 Rsnapshot alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. Restic Robot is a small and simple wrapper application for Restic.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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  6. Backup Maker icon
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    BackUp Maker is a professional, user-friendly tool for creating automated data backups. Configure once and let it save files based on time, intervals, or system events. Use partial backups, advanced filters, and multiple generations to protect your data efficiently and securely.

    59 Backup Maker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Lethe icon
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    Lethe is a Deep Freeze -like partition freezing software for Debian GNU/Linux and Lihuen GNU/Linux (May work on other Debian-based GNU/Linux distributions). Lethe makes the partitions behave like a Live CD: all changes made on the file system...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. Rustic icon
     4 likes

    Rustic is a backup tool that provides fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups written in Rust. It reads and writes the restic repo format described in the design document and can be used as a restic replacement in most cases.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. Active@ Disk Image is a disk image software that can do a backup as well as clone the full hard drive. A backup image may be stored on a USB drive, network storage, burned directly to CD/DVD/BR discs, or kept on any other media.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Get Backup icon
     5 likes

    Get Backup is a native Mac OS X backup software utility. This program is a simple and efficient tool for creating personal backups, suitable for both beginners and pros. It gracefully combines a simple and elegant user interface with powerful backup capabilities, such as...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Ferro Backup System™ (FBS) is a professional, network backup system intended for small offices and large corporations and institutions alike. It allows you to protect data stored at desktops, laptops and network file servers operating under Microsoft Windows®, Novell...

    31 Ferro Backup System alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. BackupVault icon
     6 likes

    BackupVault is a UK based provider of secure, automated and offsite backup solutions aimed at the small/medium sized business.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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